\begin{table}[!htb]\centering         \caption{National variables for the calibration \label{tab:national_vars}}         \begin{tabular}{l*{8}{c}}         \hline\hline         
            
            &    \(\textsc{vmt} \times 10^9\)&         \(L_t\)&        \(q_t\)&         \(r_h\)&           \(r\)&        \(p^L \times 10^6\)&         \(p^q\)&         \(m_h\)\\
\hline
1984        &      350.79&   185,108.6&           .&           .&       0.054&           .&           .&       0.006\\
1985        &      366.78&   186,723.3&           .&           .&       0.053&           .&           .&       0.007\\
1986        &      388.90&   188,257.7&           .&           .&       0.051&           .&           .&       0.008\\
1987        &      413.83&   190,627.3&           .&           .&       0.049&           .&           .&       0.008\\
1988        &      435.57&   192,557.6&           .&       0.011&       0.047&           .&           .&       0.007\\
1989        &      458.46&   194,128.3&           .&       0.011&       0.046&           .&           .&       0.007\\
1990        &      475.77&   195,470.1&           .&       0.009&       0.044&           .&           .&       0.007\\
1991        &      486.87&   196,727.8&           .&       0.010&       0.042&           .&           .&       0.006\\
1992        &      503.91&   198,103.8&      108.57&       0.011&       0.040&       20.25&     1,038.5&       0.007\\
1993        &      522.62&   198,654.8&      109.48&       0.011&       0.039&       21.02&     1,071.9&       0.005\\
1994        &      542.34&   199,429.1&      112.49&       0.009&       0.037&       21.85&     1,107.4&       0.006\\
1995        &      561.95&   200,617.4&      104.17&       0.011&       0.035&       22.75&     1,145.4&       0.006\\
1996        &      580.67&   202,051.2&      104.50&       0.013&       0.033&       23.72&     1,186.1&       0.006\\
1997        &      598.98&   202,696.3&      103.86&       0.011&       0.031&       24.79&     1,229.8&       0.005\\
1998        &      621.10&   203,407.3&       96.07&       0.016&       0.030&       25.95&     1,276.9&       0.006\\
1999        &      639.85&   204,643.5&       97.40&       0.016&       0.028&       27.23&     1,327.7&       0.005\\
2000        &      655.53&   205,697.6&       95.56&       0.016&       0.026&       28.64&     1,382.7&       0.006\\
2001        &      668.57&   206,328.8&       94.43&       0.013&       0.024&       30.21&     1,442.4&       0.005\\
2002        &      685.89&   206,905.1&       95.24&       0.015&       0.023&       31.96&     1,507.6&       0.006\\
2003        &      700.08&   207,355.3&       92.85&       0.014&       0.021&       33.92&     1,578.9&       0.006\\
2004        &      714.24&   208,194.7&       94.30&       0.014&       0.019&       36.14&     1,657.3&       0.005\\
2005        &      723.18&   208,755.4&       91.99&       0.014&       0.017&       38.67&     1,743.9&       0.005\\
2006        &      730.12&   209,471.6&       89.94&       0.012&       0.016&       41.58&     1,840.0&       0.005\\
2007        &      733.38&   209,982.2&       90.74&       0.013&       0.014&       44.96&     1,947.3&       0.005\\
2008        &      713.50&   210,751.0&       89.70&       0.011&       0.012&       48.95&     2,068.0&       0.005\\
\hline\hline         \end{tabular}         \flushleft         \noteTableVars         \end{table}
